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Sydney vs Essendon
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SW| Brownlow Medal | 3 Luke Parker (SYD) | 2 Zach Merrett (ESS) | 1 Josh Kennedy (SYD) |
Match Report
GOALS
Sydney: Dawson 2; Fox, Blakey, Florent, Papley, Heeney, Reid, O'Riordan, McCartin, Hayward
Essendon: Fantasia 4; Parish 2; Bellchambers, Merrett, Stringer, McKenna
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Sydney: Parker, Hewett, Kennedy, Sinclair, Rampe, Blakey
Essendon: Hurley, Heppell, Merrett, McGrath, Hooker
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Sydney: Parker, Hewett, Kennedy, Blakey, McCartin
Essendon: Hurley, Heppell, Merrett, McGrath, Hooker
INJURIES
Sydney: Nil
Essendon: Michael Hurley (ankle)
UMPIRES: Meredith, Gianfagna, Mollison
TELEVISION BROADCAST: Seven Network
COMMENTATORS: Bruce McAvaney, Basil Zempilas, Jimmy Bartel, Jude Bolton
Match stats
| Sydney | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 36 | Aliir, Aliir | 10 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24y 247d | 36 | 1 |
| 22 | Blakey, Nick | 12 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19y 72d | 7 | 6 |
| 34 | Dawson, Jordan | 12 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22y 31d | 12 | 11 |
| 13 | Florent, Oliver | 11 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20y 292d | 40 | 17 |
| 42 | Fox, Robbie | 8 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 26y 24d | 15 | 6 |
| 9 | Hayward, Will | 9 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20y 196d | 45 | 58 |
| 5 | Heeney, Isaac | 5 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 23y 5d | 88 | 91 |
| 29 | Hewett, George | 5 | 1 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 23y 132d | 79 | 30 |
| 15 | Jack, Kieren | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 31y 316d | 252 | 164 |
| 10 | Jones, Zak | 11 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 24y 56d | 81 | 21 |
| 12 | Kennedy, Josh | 11 | 1 | 13 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 30y 324d | 235 | 144 |
| 44 | Lloyd, Jake | 16 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25y 232d | 123 | 27 |
| 30 | McCartin, Tom | 7 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19y 131d | 21 | 11 |
| 43 | Melican, Lewis | 5 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22y 187d | 25 | 1 |
| 14 | Mills, Callum | 9 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22y 38d | 63 | 3 |
| 38 | O'Riordan, Colin | 9 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 23y 210d | 5 | 1 |
| 11 | Papley, Tom | 7 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22y 301d | 68 | 93 |
| 26 | Parker, Luke | 14 | 2 | 19 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 26y 197d | 181 | 146 |
| 24 | Rampe, Dane | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28y 342d | 146 | 6 |
| 20 | Reid, Sam | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 27y 134d | 129 | 133 |
| 18 | Sinclair, Callum | 12 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 29y 229d | 95 | 57 |
| 6 | Thurlow, Jackson | 13 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25y 43d | 52 | 11 |
| Totals | 201 | 57 | 146 | 347 | 11 | 11 | 39 | 73 | 21 | 21 | 24y 203d | 1798 | 1038 | |
| Essendon | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 29 | Ambrose, Patrick | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 27y 251d | 75 | 23 |
| 2 | Bellchambers, Tom | 8 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 29y 305d | 121 | 73 |
| 20 | Clarke, Zac | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 29y 43d | 104 | 46 |
| 13 | Fantasia, Orazio | 7 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23y 238d | 66 | 102 |
| 10 | Francis, Aaron | 9 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21y 273d | 15 | 4 |
| 35 | Guelfi, Matt | 10 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21y 269d | 22 | 6 |
| 33 | Ham, Brayden | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20y 15d | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | Heppell, Dyson | 19 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 26y 361d | 159 | 57 |
| 26 | Hooker, Cale | 12 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 30y 209d | 180 | 82 |
| 18 | Hurley, Michael | 16 | 11 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28y 343d | 168 | 108 |
| 43 | McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26y 18d | 74 | 81 |
| 1 | McGrath, Andrew | 14 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 20y 342d | 49 | 11 |
| 45 | McKenna, Conor | 14 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23y 43d | 59 | 18 |
| 7 | Merrett, Zach | 18 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 23y 219d | 111 | 38 |
| 23 | Myers, David | 7 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 29y 314d | 122 | 40 |
| 3 | Parish, Darcy | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21y 289d | 62 | 22 |
| 27 | Redman, Mason | 9 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 21y 257d | 10 | 1 |
| 42 | Saad, Adam | 8 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 24y 291d | 78 | 3 |
| 9 | Shiel, Dylan | 12 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 26y 62d | 143 | 64 |
| 5 | Smith, Devon | 4 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 25y 355d | 138 | 120 |
| 25 | Stringer, Jake | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 25y 15d | 117 | 205 |
| 11 | Zaharakis, David | 14 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 29y 78d | 194 | 120 |
| Rushed | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 209 | 83 | 120 | 329 | 10 | 12 | 43 | 85 | 21 | 21 | 25y 142d | 2069 | 1225 | |
Match highlights
Josh Kennedy had 10 tackles for Sydney vs. Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, R8)Devon Smith had 10 tackles for Essendon vs. Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, R8)
Orazio Fantasia kicked his 100th career V/AFL goal: Essendon vs. Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, R8)